판화매체와 사진의 역할

Abstract

The word “medium” is derived from the Latin medium, which refers to “conveying or conveyor of something from one side to another,” intervening as a means of communication. This notion is inclusive of everything, from text and images (painting and printmaking) to modern digital media, that has emerged for communication between one thing and another. By following the process of sublimation and remediation from science into art in 15th century printmaking media, 19th century photography and 20th century image media, this thesis researches what kind of convergence and emergence is possible in the medium of printmaking, which was invented so long ago. While the philosophy of media is further developed with the changes in media and time period, this thesis focuses on the remediation theories of McLuhan, Bolter and Grusin. Printmaking and photography, seen through the age of analogue media, ushered in the digital media age of information sharing. “Digital” refers to sound, image and text that is recorded and shared in the form of immaterial information. Digital art started with Nam Jun Paik's video art and has now developed into interactive art, where the viewer enters the exhibit and interacts with the artist's program so the artist and viewer complete the piece together. It is within these series of changes that the writer has studied the mutual relationships between printmaking and photography in particular, and examines from various angles the possibilities for further development of expression in printmaking through the fusion of print, photography and digital media.